6O said concisely, "I don't want to live anymore…"
6O's words made 2B unable to react for a moment. Only after quite a while did she ask, "Why do you say that?"
6O cried messily, "Because I asked a senior I kind of like to eat together, but got rejected, what should I do in the future?"
"I... I don't know either, but, is it just that? Then it's nothing, just being rejected, it's not that big a deal." 2B tried to comfort 6O with her own thoughts. Hearing this, Aiden at the side couldn't help but want to laugh, then he covered his own ears.
2B didn't understand why he did that, but she quickly found out.
"Waa…"
Because 6O's crying became louder, even becoming somewhat ear-piercing.
2B instantly felt a bit mentally exhausted, only she really didn't know how to comfort, so she looked toward Aiden, showing a pleading kind of expression.
But Aiden also wasn't very good at comforting people, not to mention androids. Only, 2B's nearly pleading gaze made it so he couldn't refuse. Thinking a bit, he said, "How about… letting her change to a new liking target?"
If it were a human, this sentence would definitely draw a bunch of side-eyes, but 2B actually found it very reasonable, and so relayed his words to 6O, making Aiden regret a little that he shouldn't have spoken nonsense.
But who would've thought, 6O actually responded, "Change to a new liking target… sounds kind of doable. So then, 2B squad member, do you need me?"
Aiden noticed that when 2B heard this, her expression clearly froze for a moment, as if she understood the meaning inside 6O's words.
After a pause, 2B said, "For a B-type battle model, communications officer is indispensable, of course I need you."
"That's not what I meant, I meant…"
6O hadn't even finished speaking, and the communication was one-sidedly terminated by 2B. Afterward, she looked at Aiden very dissatisfied, the originally pleading look had already turned into blame.
At this, Aiden feigned innocence and turned his head to the side, pretending he didn't see.
6O's matter was only a small interlude on the return trip.
Not long after the communication was interrupted, the group returned to the resistance camp and directly went to look for Anemone.
Anemone was still in the same old place. Seeing them return, she waved to the group from afar.
After waiting for the group to get closer, she then said to 2B, "You've worked hard. The reason for the androids' disappearance has been clarified, right?"
"Yes, it's already been clarified." 2B nodded, then said, "But I'm very sorry, when we went, they had already been killed by machine lifeforms. We were still too late, but we've already eliminated the machine lifeforms that killed them."
"Already eliminated, huh? Then it proves their sacrifice was worthwhile." Anemone said with great openness, but the group could clearly see a flash of sadness pass across her face.
Seeing the atmosphere gradually become sorrowful, Aiden opened his mouth at the right time and said, "Right, we encountered a machine lifeform over there who claims to be a pacifist, named Pascal. Do you have any impression of it?"
"You met them, huh." Anemone glanced at the wooden basket filled with fruits at the group's feet, a slight smile appearing on her face, "Looks like you got along quite well."
"They were very enthusiastic, so we couldn't refuse their goodwill." Aiden said. At this time, he felt a bit thirsty, so he casually picked up a piece of fruit, wiped it on himself, and took a big bite.
"Mm, the taste is very good, do you want to try too?"
A2 and the others all shook their heads. They had already eaten some on the way back, so only Anemone picked one up, but she didn't eat it, just played with it in her hand. Then she asked, "Pascal should have also asked you to deliver an item, right?"
"Yes." Aiden nodded, then looked at Yakor. The latter immediately handed over the oil filter wrapped in cloth to Anemone.
"Next, there shouldn't be anything else, right?" Aiden asked again.
Anemone shook her head, "Not for now. During this period, you can have a good rest. If there's something that needs your help, I'll notify you."
"Then we'll be going first. See you." Aiden waved his hand, but before leaving, he left a basket of fruits for Anemone.
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Aiden didn't go back together with A2 and the others. He brought another basket of fruits to visit the twin sisters.
Because it was already the next morning, it was precisely the busy working time for the twin sisters. When Aiden arrived, they were seriously handling the parts collected from machine lifeforms by the resistance.
They didn't even notice when Aiden came to them. Even when Aiden heavily placed the basket of fruits in front of them, they still thought it was a new batch of parts, not even lifting their heads.
Devola carefully put aside the cleaned parts, seemed to sense that the person hadn't left yet, and said, "Just put the stuff here, we'll process it as soon as possible. Don't worry, we won't slack off."
Aiden sighed helplessly and felt a bit bad for them. Simply, he walked in front of them and squatted down.
This action startled the sisters. They thought someone came to cause trouble, only when they saw clearly that it was Aiden, their fearful expressions immediately turned into delight.
"Aiden, you scared me to death. I thought it was someone coming to make trouble!" Popola patted her chest, speaking with lingering fear.
These words made Aiden feel even worse. As if possessed, he reached out and patted the sisters' heads.
And this action made the sisters instantly freeze, but they didn't resist. Instead, they felt comforted.
However, feminine modesty still made the sisters blush. Popola even softly said, "Aiden, you can't casually touch girls' heads."
"Even if it's girls who've lived for thousands of years." She silently added in her heart.
Aiden only smiled, but didn't withdraw his hand. Instead, he rubbed a few times even more strongly, and only under the sisters' pretend scolding did he pull back his hand.
Propping up his chin, he watched for a while as the twin sisters fixed their hair messed up by the rubs. The more Aiden looked, the more he found them incredibly cute. Then he took out a camera and captured this warm scene.
Click! Click! Click!
Aiden snapped over a dozen photos in one go, then satisfactorily put away the camera. He then sat next to Devola and helped them clean the oil-stained parts.
As the saying goes, male-female pairing, work's not tiring. This saying doesn't only apply to males, actually it works for females too. With Aiden present, the twin sisters weren't so gloomy while working anymore, their hands moved more lightly too. Plus, with one more person, the workload decreased by a third. Before long, they finished all the morning's tasks.
Although most androids would dump some dirty and tiring work on the twin sisters, at least they wouldn't overexploit.
Also, in fact, there weren't that many tasks in camp that could be considered truly dirty and tiring. So generally speaking, as long as there were no big operations, the sisters wouldn't have too hard a time. Once they finished their work, they could freely rest.
Afterward, Devola brought over a basin of water from somewhere, placed it in front of Aiden, and thoughtfully fetched a bar of soap and handed it to him… That was a few days ago when Yakor gave it to them.
After all, their work dealt with oil a lot, and since they were from the human era, they were especially attentive to personal hygiene. This aligned perfectly with the clean-loving Yakor, and they had a shared topic.
Looking at the soap handed over, Aiden didn't reach out to take it. Instead, he said, "You wash first."
If it were other androids, the twin sisters would definitely refuse, since they had a guilt program toward all androids inside them. That program nearly forced them into a people-pleasing personality. Only, whenever facing Aiden, they would realize that the program didn't work on him. This was also why they liked being around Aiden.
Of course, they had also wondered why the program didn't work on Aiden. But no matter how they thought, they couldn't figure it out.
The sisters quickly washed off the oil on their bodies, and when Aiden was just about to wash, Devola took away the basin, seemingly intending to change clean water for him.
Aiden froze, then said, "I don't mind."
"But we mind." Devola said.
Probably feeling her words had ambiguity, Devola added, "I mean the water's already dirtied by us, we don't want…"
"I know what you mean." Aiden interrupted her unspoken words. He stuck his hand into the water, washing off the dirt on his hand. Then he raised his hand in front of the twin sisters and said with double meaning, "Look, already cleaned. So you… are not dirty."
Since there was still some time until the deadline, Aiden didn't immediately go back. Instead, he followed the twin sisters back to their residence.
Now the twin sisters' place had changed a lot, and even changed locations, moved under the eaves of a building, that was something Aiden had demanded strongly a few days ago. The location was also requested by Aiden from Anemone.
Speaking of which, Anemone was also quite sympathetic toward the twin sisters' situation. Although she also didn't like them much because of past events, being someone who could make deals with machine lifeforms, she was more open-minded than most androids. So when Aiden asked, she agreed, not even needing A2 to go persuade her.
Popola carried the basket of fruits to a relatively dry place, then picked a few good-quality ones and walked to the ice maker to begin making ice cream.
While Devola directly took out a bottle of alcohol. From the looks of it, she planned to have a good drink.
To this, Aiden naturally wouldn't refuse. After staying in the android world long enough, he cherished this kind of human-like life more and more. He wasn't a monk. Being used to modern life, he simply couldn't get used to the relatively simple lifestyle here.
Watching Devola pour him a full glass of fruit wine, Aiden picked it up and downed it in one go, feeling the spicy liquid go from his throat into his stomach. He let out a long breath and shouted "refreshing".
He suddenly remembered what Revy and Koko once said, after a big battle, you should drink something to relieve fatigue. Now that he thought about it, it really was true.
But thinking of them, Aiden lowered his eyelids slightly, a trace of sadness in his heart. Thinking carefully, it had already been a long time since he saw them.
'Once this world ends, I should return to that world once. No matter what, I can't favor the new and forget the old.'
To the first world he had visited, Aiden remembered clearly. The past events, when recalled, were still vivid. And because he had met so many women, he had gradually seen things more clearly, and started to miss Ada and Jill more and more. Especially Jill, only now did he understand why she looked so lonely when they parted.
Aiden let out a deep sigh.
Seeing Aiden suddenly become sorrowful, Devola couldn't quite understand why, but she didn't ask. She just poured him another glass of wine.
"Though I don't know why you suddenly became a bit sad, it's fine. Just drink. Once you drink enough, sadness and such can all be forgotten." Devola seriously said to Aiden.
For the past thousands of years, this was basically how she got by. Every time she was bullied by other androids, she would choose to numb herself with alcohol, even though she didn't actually like drinking.
Looking at the concerned Devola, Aiden felt heartwarmed. Then he nodded, raised his glass, and clinked with Devola.
After his physical constitution improved, Aiden drank much more freely than before. And although Devola was an android, while she could be affected by alcohol, she wouldn't get sick or suffer complications from drinking too much. So the two of them downed another glass.
Just as Devola filled his glass again, Popola came over with a few servings of ice cream. Then she placed the biggest one in front of Aiden.
Seeing that the ice cream in front of the twin sisters combined was still less than his portion, Aiden sighed in his heart, knowing the sisters' people-pleasing nature was acting up again. So he shared some of his ice cream with them.
The sisters didn't refuse either. They simply smiled at him, then began enjoying this rare treat.
Aiden quickly finished half of the ice cream. Under the stimulation of the cold, the drunkenness from the two glasses of wine instantly vanished without a trace. Then he smacked his lips and said, "Tastes really great. I really wish I could eat ice cream made by you every day."
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